Chasing Family Dreams

Tuesdays are my fun days (and Mondays are not manic). The days where the family does stuff together may be more enjoyable but Tuesday is my day to try and have as much fun as possible by myself as the family stays at home. I will drive to a nearby location for a major hike, serious geocaching, writing, and a break… Read more →

A little while back we looked at the phenomena of helicopter parenting and coddled kids. After writing that blog I started to think about our decision to leave a larger city and move to a smaller town. We decided to make the move as a step towards living a slower paced life and to create a relaxed environment for our… Read more →

Summer is upon us and I have been thinking about taking the geocache diet on the road. I don’t mean that I am starting a world tour I just want to do some travelling this summer. As much as I love geocaching I am obsessed with travel and there is hardly a day that goes by when I have not… Read more →

We have had an interesting spring for pests in our garden. We have a lot of bugs (to keep Annika busy and happy) but there are a couple big pests that have been more notable. It is hard for me to call these creatures pests, we do live in their environment after all, but they are causing some havoc in our garden and I… Read more →

The other day I went for a long hike around a residential area and the surrounding parks and beaches. While I was nearing the end of my walk, about 11km in, I had slowed my pace a little and was just enjoying the scenery when I heard a voice behind me exclaim ‘A-ha, I caught up to you!!’ When I… Read more →

We want to thank the fine folks at Groundspeak and Geocaching.com for featuring the Geocache Diet and FamilyNavigation.com as one of their Lost and Found stories. For the benefit of those of you who are reading about the Geocache Diet for the first time, maybe have just finished watching our story on Geocaching.com, I thought I would provide a summary… Read more →

Lisa and I recently watched a documentary called ‘Hyper Parents & Coddled Kids’ which examines the phenomena of Helicopter Parenting. Helicopter Parents is a term used to describe parents who constantly hover over their children to solve problems that may occur in their lives and make sure they stay safe. The documentary describes these parents as ‘over involved, over protective,… Read more →

The other morning I got up at 5am and started working and determined to get stuff done that morning I went right to it. I really have to turn off the sound my computer makes when I get an e-mail because no matter what I am doing it breaks my concentration and I just have to check. This particular 5:30am… Read more →

Oh how I’m going to miss nap time. No not my naps … the twins naps. It is so nice with twins to have a small break in the day to have some time to relax and get some chores done. Right now the twins nap from 1pm and get up between 3 – 4pm. Don’t get me wrong, I love spending time with… Read more →

389 Geocaches Found – 917 km on foot – 27 lbs lost! We are almost ready for the lazy days of summer; a reward for hard work and suspect weather the rest of the year. This is the time of long warm days, getting outside, enjoying life, and eating casually. I have every plan to spend as much time as I… Read more →

I have a problem, I hate to throw things away. Either stuff just sits around the house cluttering it up, or I do something with them. What do you do with old rubber boots(wellies) and toy trucks that are holey or broken and can’t be given to charity? My solution was to reuse them in the garden. Annika has a… Read more →

We finally did it. We have talked about it for quite some time but for some reason we always had some reason why it justified the monthly expense. With the lives we are leading now it simply is not worth the money for us to pay for cable TV. We have been paying $36 each and every month to watch maybe two TV… Read more →